Promoting creativity in the community!
The ?uestion Mark Creative Challenge
Artist and tutor Este MacLeod has organised a series of events to promote creativity in the community. The idea is that everyone can be creative and using the simple form of a question mark doodle to give you a start – you can build up interesting shapes, objects and characters.
The event is part of the Campaign For Drawing and Jackson’s is pleased to be a sponsor.
The 1000 drawing sheets will be completed by 550 school children (from 6 schools around Berkshire) and by other children (from 40 art clubs from around the country). The children will be using Derwent Inktense pencils. Time lapse videos will be created from the events.
Three Drawing Events
25th October, 2014
Big Draw Day: Maidenhead
Family Festival/Big Draw Day in Maidenhead in a craft store involving children and adults. People will have the option to add their names to go into a draw for Jackson’s art vouchers once they’ve participated in the event.
Visitors of all ages will have the opportunity to draw and paint on a large 1m x 1m black canvas covered with 100 question marks as prompts.
1st November, 2014
Afrovibes festival: South Hill Park Bracknell
A South African event organised by South Hill Park. People will once again have the opportunity to draw and contribute to a 1m x 1m black canvas with question marks. The theme will be ‘our world’.
8th November, 2014
Windsor Contemporary Art Fair
The drawings done in schools will be displayed at this venue and another 1m x 1m artwork be developed from question mark doodles.
The Future
2nd – 12th January, 2015
The drawings will be exhibited in various locations as well as a ‘curated’ exhibition at Norden Farm Art Centre. Este will also offer art free workshops for teachers and possibly other people in this space. Three groups (a school and two art clubs from Argentina, Australia and USA) will also have taken part and their images will be ‘Instagrammed’ and added in a slide show. The time lapse videos will also be shown at the Norden Farm exhibition.
Organised by Este MacLeod Creative facilitator.
